Place: North America

This August marks the two hundred thirty eighth anniversary of Shays’ Rebellion, an uprising of small-holding farmers and Revolutionary War veterans that shook the foundations of the young American Republic.

Today, fifteen years since he ran for president, it’s hard to remember that Obama was a candidate on the left. He ended up as the bankers’ president

Ellen David Friedman, Alex T. Tom and Kevin Lin discuss the experiences and importance of worker-to-worker solidarity for democratic unionism between the US and China.

John Washington calls for abolition of borders, which he argues are dangerous, artificial and illegitimate.

In either a Harris or Trump presidency, we’ll need to fight powerful elites to save public education

She was in many ways the ideal candidate for such a left party.,,,And disappointingly, McKinney subsequently devolved into a trafficker in conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

Aristotle Wu discusses the strength and the challenges of the US student movement for Palestine, which organized solidarity encampments for Gaza on many campuses.

Mathew Foresta reports from Gaza solidarity encampments on various university campuses in Los Angeles, which faced threats and attacks from Zionist counter-protestors.

Marian Jones analyzes many forms of resistance for abortion rights, including grassroots abortion funding, underground networks for medication and shield laws for doctors.

Rebecca Gordon calls on the US left to vote for the Democrat for President, to prevent Trump’s attacks on workers, women and democracy.

Frieda Afary calls for voting for the Democrats for President, in order to protect the basic freedoms and human rights in the United States.

Natalia Tylim calls for building the independent Left forces in order to stop genocide and fascism, rather than supporting the Democrats in the upcoming election.

Dan Fischer calls for focusing on independent grassroots organizing and direct action of the left, rather than ceding ground to the Democratic Party.

Stephen R. Shalom argues that it is moral responsibility for leftists in swing states to vote for the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election.

The outside-the-box choice for VP.

With Radioactive Radicals, Dan La Botz has written a bold and unique novel that is ultimately a novel of questions and uncertainties.

A speaking engagement at the Republican National Convention by Teamster President Sean O’Brien only normalizes the most anti-union party and President I’ve seen in my lifetime.

The Democratic corporate centrist is the lesser evil to Trump, the wannabe rightwing dictator. But does that mean socialists should support the Democratic candidate to stop Trump?

A month ago, we had a debate in Solidarity on the question of the U.S. presidential election in which I argued the need to vote for Biden in order to defeat Trump.

The Libertarian Party has become just another flavor of the same reaction that propelled Trump to office in the first place.

A defense of free speech on university campuses from unions across the country